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While walking through the dining room the nurse overhears a client with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia whisper to another client ”they are all out to get us and probably poisoned the food too.” What would be the priority nursing action?

The nurse has completed discharge teaching for a client with a diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder and a prescription for an SSRI fluoxetine.  What statement by the client indicates that additional teaching is needed?

A newly graduated LPN/LVN is orienting to the unit states to a peer, “You should have seen that new associate degree RN trying to take care of three patients! She was so disorganized that it made me glad I’m an LPN/LVN.” Which behavior is the LPN/LVN demonstrating?

A nurse damages a physician’s reputation through false written communication without the physician’s permission. This is an example of

What ethical principle underlies the statement in the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN) Code for Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, “The practical nurse provides health care to all patients regardless of race, creed, cultural background, disease, or lifestyle”?

Children with language impairment tend not to use gestures at all.

Joint attention

When children show little to no signs of distress at their mother’s departure, they are showing which attachment style?

This pre-naming behavior predicts the child’s ability to use symbols (i.e., words).

How are interactions between a young child and adult different from those between two adults?